The Roaring 20's was a time of great oppertunity for women. Along with their new right to vote, women now had a new mindset or outlook on life. Women and girls now had a more rebellious attitude. Along with this new attitude women had new fashions, hairsyles, make up, and jobs.
Women’s Fashions in the 1920’s
By Sarah A
Women’s fashions had changes tremendously from the World War till the end of the 1920s. With all the money and prosperity, designers were experimenting with new fabrics, colors and textures for people to buy. Also, new books and dress making classes were made so women could make their own dresses at home.
The most dramatic change in fashions was the change in skirt and dress length. They went from down to the foot to on the knee or just below the knee. Some people were astonished at this, they also found the new style of not wearing corsets as an inappropriate thing also. Stalkings also started being warn as a more fashionable trend. Stalkings were now made with patterns and colors cause now they could be seen with the new shorter dresses. Women also started to wear lower cut tops. Pantsuits hats and canes also started to be used for business like occasions. Hand bags and hats also started to take off into the fashion world. Many people even attempted to make laws and rules to lengthen dress and skirt height because they found the new short style very insulting and inappropriate.
Jewelry and hats were also now the big thing. Many women enjoyed wearing big layers of long pearl necklaces. They also war large frilly hats in bright colors. Jewels were also embedded in a lot of their new colorful clothing. They also war many pins and started wearing big long earings.
The Bob hairstyle of the 1920’s caused the most controversy over a hairstyle in history. The hairstyle originated when ballroom dancer Irene Castle cut her hair in 1915 out of convenience. The younger generation loved the rebellious new look. Many famous people dared to bob their hair. “Coco” Chanel had her head bobbed along with actresses Clara Bow and Louise Brooks. So many people we’re happy to try the new look, that 2,000 heads a day were being bobbed! Although many people loved the new look, many people discouraged it. Queen Mary of England preferred if ladies with short hair hid that it was short at court functions and royal ceremonies. A teacher in Jersey City was ordered by the Board of Education to let her hair grow. Men even divorced their wives over bobbed hair! Also, the bob haircut prompted the invention of the bobby pin!
The bob haircut was simply a blunt cut, level with the bottom of the ears, all around the head. It was worn either with bangs, or with the hair brushed off the forehead. There was also the version of the bob called the Shingle Bob. It was introduced in 1923. The Shingle Bob featured hair which tapered into a V-shape at the nape of the neck with either waves or spit curls at the sides.It made it really difficult to tell the difference between a boy and a girl. The Shingle Bob controversy ended in 1927.
cream or ivory colored face powder was used by most women
in the middle of the twenties a powder corresponding to the nature hue of skin came in fashion
For rouge the colors rose, raspberry, and around 1925 also orange were popular
LIPS
Mid 20’s lips were colored in deep red, deep brownish reds, plum and orange.
The shades changed later at the end of the twenties. Colors like rose, raspberry and medium red were new trend.
EYES The eyes were held dark, edged with black eyeliner and margins blurred easily. To get this effect the whole eye was edged with a black eyeliner and then the margins blured easily. The eyelid shadow was often painted in dark gray. Besides gray, colors like turquoise and green were also in fashion. To further emphasis of eyes eyelashes were also painted black.
Before the 1920s the average woman would stay at home and do housework. The 1920s changed that. Women during this time had lots of jobs and made up 23.6 percent of the work force in 1920. One out of every four women worked. There were many new opportunities for women in the 1920s. Some women became flappers. Flappers were women who wore make up and went to parties and they took risks. Although women had lots of new jobs there was a lot of discrimination between men and women in the working world. Women worked in places with agriculture, manufacturing and domestic services. Women were also telephone operators and some even managed their own stores. Their own stores sold feminine things such as clothes and gifts. Lots of women were nurses and teachers. 98 percent of nurses were women and 57 percent of women who worked were teachers. This was a great time for women, but it was not equal. Men had larger salaries than women did. There was discrimination in the work world. The most common job for women was in domestic services. They even became maids. Some women also worked in factories. File clerks, women operated machines such as typewriters, dictation machines, and adding machines were also some jobs. Even though there was discrimination in the working world the 1920s was a great time for women.
VOCABULARY!! FLAPPER- the symbol of the 1920's American woman. The flapper often wore bobbed hair and a dress that fell just below the knee. A flapper was always eager to try something new. SHINGLE BOB- a blunt cut level with the bottom of the ears all around the head. it was worn either with bangs, or with the hair brushed off the forehead. IRENE CASTLE- 1915 ballroom dancer who cut her hair for convenience and in doing so started the biggest small hair fad in history!
The Roaring 20's was a time of great oppertunity for women. Along with their new right to vote, women now had a new mindset or outlook on life. Women and girls now had a more rebellious attitude. Along with this new attitude women had new fashions, hairsyles, make up, and jobs.
Women’s Fashions in the 1920’s
By Sarah A
Women’s fashions had changes tremendously from the World War till the end of the 1920s. With all the money and prosperity, designers were experimenting with new fabrics, colors and textures for people to buy. Also, new books and dress making classes were made so women could make their own dresses at home.
The most dramatic change in fashions was the change in skirt and dress length. They went from down to the foot to on the knee or just below the knee. Some people were astonished at this, they also found the new style of not wearing corsets as an inappropriate thing also. Stalkings also started being warn as a more fashionable trend. Stalkings were now made with patterns and colors cause now they could be seen with the new shorter dresses. Women also started to wear lower cut tops. Pantsuits hats and canes also started to be used for business like occasions. Hand bags and hats also started to take off into the fashion world. Many people even attempted to make laws and rules to lengthen dress and skirt height because they found the new short style very insulting and inappropriate.
Jewelry and hats were also now the big thing. Many women enjoyed wearing big layers of long pearl necklaces. They also war large frilly hats in bright colors. Jewels were also embedded in a lot of their new colorful clothing. They also war many pins and started wearing big long earings.
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Hairstyles of the 1920’s
By Lauren K
The Bob hairstyle of the 1920’s caused the most controversy over a hairstyle in history. The hairstyle originated when ballroom dancer Irene Castle cut her hair in 1915 out of convenience. The younger generation loved the rebellious new look. Many famous people dared to bob their hair. “Coco” Chanel had her head bobbed along with actresses Clara Bow and Louise Brooks. So many people we’re happy to try the new look, that 2,000 heads a day were being bobbed! Although many people loved the new look, many people discouraged it. Queen Mary of England preferred if ladies with short hair hid that it was short at court functions and royal ceremonies. A teacher in Jersey City was ordered by the Board of Education to let her hair grow. Men even divorced their wives over bobbed hair! Also, the bob haircut prompted the invention of the bobby pin!
The bob haircut was simply a blunt cut, level with the bottom of the ears, all around the head. It was worn either with bangs, or with the hair brushed off the forehead. There was also the version of the bob called the Shingle Bob. It was introduced in 1923. The Shingle Bob featured hair which tapered into a V-shape at the nape of the neck with either waves or spit curls at the sides.It made it really difficult to tell the difference between a boy and a girl. The Shingle Bob controversy ended in 1927.
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1920s makeup guide
Also By Lauren K
FACE
cream or ivory colored face powder was used by most women
in the middle of the twenties a powder corresponding to the nature hue of skin came in fashion
For rouge the colors rose, raspberry, and around 1925 also orange were popular
LIPS
Mid 20’s lips were colored in deep red, deep brownish reds, plum and orange.
The shades changed later at the end of the twenties. Colors like rose, raspberry and medium red were new trend.
EYESThe eyes were held dark, edged with black eyeliner and margins blurred easily.
To get this effect the whole eye was edged with a black eyeliner and then the margins blured easily. The eyelid shadow was often painted in dark gray. Besides gray, colors like turquoise and green were also in fashion. To further emphasis of eyes eyelashes were also painted black.
NAILS
The fingernails were painted only in the nail center. The half-moon and nail tip were left bare and white.
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Careers for Women in the 1920s
By Kate M
Before the 1920s the average woman would stay at home and do housework. The 1920s changed that. Women during this time had lots of jobs and made up 23.6 percent of the work force in 1920. One out of every four women worked. There were many new opportunities for women in the 1920s. Some women became flappers. Flappers were women who wore make up and went to parties and they took risks. Although women had lots of new jobs there was a lot of discrimination between men and women in the working world.
Women worked in places with agriculture, manufacturing and domestic services. Women were also telephone operators and some even managed their own stores. Their own stores sold feminine things such as clothes and gifts. Lots of women were nurses and teachers. 98 percent of nurses were women and 57 percent of women who worked were teachers. This was a great time for women, but it was not equal. Men had larger salaries than women did. There was discrimination in the work world. The most common job for women was in domestic services. They even became maids. Some women also worked in factories. File clerks, women operated machines such as typewriters, dictation machines, and adding machines were also some jobs. Even though there was discrimination in the working world the 1920s was a great time for women.
Swisher, C. (2006). women of the roaring twenties. Michigan: Thomson Gale.
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http://www.enotes.com/1920-lifestyles-social-trends-american-decades/women-go-work
VOCABULARY!!
FLAPPER- the symbol of the 1920's American woman. The flapper often wore bobbed hair and a dress that fell just below the knee. A flapper was always eager to try something new.
SHINGLE BOB- a blunt cut level with the bottom of the ears all around the head. it was worn either with bangs, or with the hair brushed off the forehead.
IRENE CASTLE- 1915 ballroom dancer who cut her hair for convenience and in doing so started the biggest small hair fad in history!